Ornate Wrasse
Thalassoma pavo
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Eupercaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Thalassoma
Where to Find
Found in 18 diving areas across 10 countries and 1 regions.
- Ksamil, Albania - 2 records
- Larnaca, Cyprus - 11 records
- Corsica, France - 154 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 6 records
- Dodecanese, Greece - 1 records
- Zakynthos & Ionian Islands, Greece - 27 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 6 records
- Portofino & Liguria, Italy - 30 records
- Sardinia, Italy - 144 records
- Ustica, Italy - 181 records
- Comino, Malta - 655 records
- Gozo, Malta - 653 records
- Malta Island, Malta - 653 records
- Azores, Portugal - 436 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 4 records
- Canary Islands, Spain - 278 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 19 records
- Bodrum, Turkey - 1 records